Study
1 From the Book of Song of Solomon is:
Song of Solomon1:1-2:7
1- Much of this
passage consists of conversation. The analysis provides one answer to the
problems of how many characters are speaking and where the break occurs. What do you think is the basic situation?
2- Can we learn
anything from the different imagery used by the man (1:15-17; 2:2) and the
woman to express their love and longing for one another? Does this suggest
anything of the different qualities, or needs, of each?
Notes
1- 1:12-14.
Women wore small bags of myrrh suspended from the neck under their dress. To
the girl, her beloved was as the costliest perfume.
2- 2:1. The
girl describes herself as an ordinary wild flower of the meadow
3- 2:3. The
apple tree affords both shade and fruit.
4- 2:4. ‘The
banqueting house’: literally ‘house of wine’, signifying ‘a place of delight’.
5- 2:7. A
difficult verse. It seems to mean that love should awake or come to life of
itself or in its own time, not by artificial stimulation and not before the
beloved one is pleased to respond. Gazelles or hinds are noted for their
timidity.
